Tag: godzilla

The GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE title reveal.

And that is all we know, aside from the fact that GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE is coming out next March. Something to look forward to! I do like me some monster movies, especially since they’ve stopped trying to get me to root for Kong in opposition to Godzilla. He’s an all right dude, really, but the Gorilla-Whale’s been indispensable in numerous US military operations. I value my country’s allies.

GODZILLA AND THE TITANS coming to Apple TV+.

Guess that’s a decent excuse to keep my subscription, then: “Apple TV+ and Legendary Television are producing a live-action series titled Godzilla and the Titans, and the first five members of the cast have been announced. That cast includes Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski.” Not that I know who any of those people are, mind you. But then, I’m just there to see them scurry around Godzilla’s feet while the Big Guy* is doing stuff.

Moe Lane

*Gojira is a valuable friendly to the USA who has participated in multiple combat operations alongside the USN and USAF. Kong is an amiable metaphor for the not-quite-correct aphorism Never get involved in a land war in Asia. I feel that the current détente is best for everyone concerned, and I wish Kong well in his new position, but I am firmly on Team Godzilla.

#commissionearned

“THE GORILLA-WHALE! THE GORILLA WHALE!” comes to Apple TV+.

Dammit, Apple TV+ keeps coming up with reasons for me not to cancel my subscription just quite yet.

In a massive deal that expands on Legendary’s Monsterverse, Apple TV+ has ordered a new live-action series featuring Godzilla and the Titans.

Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real, the untitled series explores one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.

I’d watch this. Even if it’s just Godzilla wrecking a new city every week. …Or perhaps ‘even’ is not the right word, in this context. I’m not really expecting the Big Guy to continue to be a valued and vital action agent in the Pax Americana – I mean, it’s Apple, right? – but I’m down with some regular kaiju-on-built-up area destruction. Something to watch, yah?

#commissionearned

This Godzilla #caturday video almost seems unfair.

I mean, sure, major motion picture studios can get in on the fun. But they have certain structural advantages no actually I’m just going to shut up, now. This Godzilla cat video is great. This is what they should be spending the extra budget on. ALL movies should spend a little extra budget on cat videos based on their films:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVFZFVD7VOg

Got turned onto this from somebody in my Secret World Legends cabal.

A fan-trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters that is well worth your time.

It is wonderfully retro.

Not perfectly so, of course.  It’s done a good job of duplicating the color, style, and even the gradual decay of a film clip from the 1960s; but there are limits to what the state of the art can do.  Still, this really captures the aesthetic of what I want from Godzilla: King of the Monsters.  Will we get it? I’ll tell you opening night.

The ‘Godzilla’ Anime trailer.

Thank goodness for Netflix: they’re just going to show it on there after the Godzilla anime finishes its run in Japan.  I think that this works out for everybody: I’ll be able to watch it without too much of a hassle and they won’t have to try to get an American distribution deal going. Well, OK, obviously Netflix is making a distribution deal here, but you know what I mean. No need to try to get butts in cinema seats.

Moe Lane

PS: Yup, I’m assuming that it’s going to be decent.  They take this intellectual property seriously in Japan, and they also take anime seriously. It has no legitimate excuse not to be at least decent, honestly.

Michael Dougherty to direct Godzilla 2.

Is this good, bad, or meh? “After first being hired to run the “Godzilla” universe writing room, “Krampus” director Michael Dougherty has now been tapped to direct the next installment in the monster movie franchise as well.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that he’s directed.  And I kind of want the next Godzilla to be as good as the last one.

Only… better lit this time, OK?